Flag Football

What Flag Football is

• School girls flag football with practices, games and FHSAA play where the school competes.
• Often fields JV and varsity.
• Different from tackle football — separate coaches, calendar and roster.

What Flag Football is not

• Not boys tackle football.
• Not a fall FHSAA State Series sport.
• Not a middle school standard OCPS sport — confirm locally rather than assuming.

Who runs it

A school coach runs the team. The athletic director owns clearance. FHSAA spring State Series covers girls flag football.

Season and calendar

Spring. Tryouts often land in January (Timber Creek has publicly posted January flag football tryouts). Confirm locally.

How kids get on Flag Football

• Ask the athletic director when tryouts are — dates vary by school and season.
• Finish athletic clearance before the first tryout or practice. High school athletes typically need a current FHSAA EL2 physical (valid about 365 days from the exam), parent permissions, and the school's online clearance upload.
• Many OCPS high schools also require an ECG once in high school, plus yearly NFHS Learn courses (concussion, heat illness, sudden cardiac arrest, sportsmanship). Exact checklists live on the school's athletics page.
• Ask about participation fees, spirit packs, travel and booster dues before you commit.
• No clearance, no tryout — most schools hold students out until paperwork is approved.
• Ask whether the school fields JV and varsity flag football.
• Ask about prior football/soccer experience expectations — programs vary.

Rec flag leagues are a separate path for younger grades. See Public activities.

A school coach and the athletic director run the program. Not every OCPS school offers this, and availability changes year to year — confirm at your child's school before you plan around it.

Who coaches this at your child's school is a school question. Ask the athletic director or the front office. OCPS Insider does not keep a live coach or roster list and cannot tell you who the coach is, when tryouts are, or who made the team. Please do not email us for coach contact, tryout dates, or rosters.

Questions to ask the school

1. Is girls flag football offered this year, and at which levels?
2. When are tryouts, and what clearance is required?
3. What do fees, uniforms and travel cost?
4. What is the practice and game schedule?
5. Who is the athletic director contact for paperwork?

Schools we have seen list Flag Football

This list is incomplete on purpose and is not a directory. We only list what we have actually seen a school publish, so a school missing here may still field the sport — and a school listed here can drop it.

Schools that have publicly listed girls flag football include West Orange High School, Horizon High School, Timber Creek High School and Boone High School. Browse school athletics pages or tell us what your school offers.